This comes as no surprise.  The European Spine Journal recently published research results suggesting that a higher muscular and aerobic fitness level is associated with a reduced risk of lower back pain.  Conversely, they also found that either excessive or inadequate exercise levels were associated with an increased risk of lower back pain.   These results were statistically more significant in women than in men. How do we take this information and apply it to [...]

No two people are the same.  Seems obvious right?  Then why are there so many chiropractic and physiotherapy clinics in Ottawa placing patients on identical treatment plans, regardless of their presenting condition? Example: Patient 1 presents to our office with obvious symptoms of lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow).  They first visited a different chiropractic clinic in the city and were told that their elbow pain was a result of degeneration in the cervical spine (neck region). [...]

There is no cure for osteoarthritis other than replacing the joint altogether.  Osteoarthtis is essentially a wear-and-tear breakdown of the joint surface.  When the condition arrises, it is here to stay unforunately.  There is however a way to slow down the degenerative changes associated with the condition.  Normally when patients have pain in a joint from osteoarthritis, they stay off the injured limb altogether.  We now know that this isn’t such a good idea, especially [...]

Heel pain is strongly correlated with tightness in the calf, hamstrings and the foot.  The connective tissue between these muscles at the back of the leg and foot meet at the heel and create the pain called plantar fasciitis.  Many doctors and therapists will tell you it is plantar fascia inflammation or a fat pad irritation, but often it can be treated with specific hands on therapy and added modalities.  Our integrative treatment approach effectively tackles this very problem.  We use a [...]